I have found Eagle Claw brand snelled circle hooks are very good at catching fish specimens with live bait with most fish being hooked in the corner of the mouth with little damage.
With any chance of fishing, some fish may occasionally take a hook deep unfortunately but the vast majority of times using the Eagle Claw brand circle hooks, I hook the fish in the mouth and it is released unharmed and healthy. Crush the barbs on the hooks before fishing.
Just a suggestion for those who might want to use fishing as a way to collect sunfish and small catfish for their fish tanks.
Edited by Gambusia, 16 June 2013 - 01:43 PM.